#031: Do Women Have Better Sex In Socialist & Communist Countries? (ft. Kristen Ghodsee)

Kristen Ghodsee joins us to talk about sex and sexuality across the varied socialist experiments that took place for most of the 20th century in Eastern Europe. She acknowledges the well-known atrocities (purges, famines, secret police, gulags) - but cautions listeners to understand that "heavy handed state socialism" was not the only form of socialism from 1917 to 1991 across Eastern Europe. Based on decades of ethnographic research, Ghodsee argues that despite some of the failures of socialist experiments (state socialism, goulash communism, market- and "self management" socialism, and many more), women consistently self-report having enjoyed sexual relationships more than women self-report in capitalist countries.

We plan to invite Ghodsee back at another time in the Spring, so send any questions you have for her to itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Support our podcast and get early access to episodes and bonus content, access to a discord chat with other supporters and the hosts, at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead.

You can get Ghodsee's book "Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence" anywhere books are sold.

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